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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

how to make a zig zag quilt (without piecing triangles!)

There is a long story behind the loss and recovery of this tutorial. I won't share the whole tale here, but let's just say that I'm over the moon thrilled that this tutorial has been recovered and I'm excited to be able to share it with you (again) today.

This was originally posted on the Bee Square Blog on March 23, 2009.

Here's how to make a zig zag quilt without piecing triangles!
First, select your fabrics.

82 comments:

I have seen this tutorial several times over the lase 6 months or so and it looks like an easier way for sure. I did make one zig zag quilt with the half square triangles but didn't so much enjoy working with all the points that come together. Will have to give this a try.

I used the original tutorial last spring/summer and referenced your tutorial when I posted about it. Was so shocked it had disapeared. So glad it's back. It was easy to follow and the results are terrific. I would recommend it to everyone.

I have made many of these quilts, but I have put my only spin on them in the construction. Instead of the points being cut off in the top and bottom rows, I add either triangles or a plain block. I cut the plain fabric instead of cutting the fashion fabric. I also have pieced together the scraps from the trimming and added those to the back for a bit of fun.

I used this tutorial to make an orange and white zig zag quilt for my son's girlfriend, for her college graduation gift. It is lovely. Each orange zig zag was a different fabric. I am now working on an aqua and white queen size zigzag using Moda solid color jelly rolls. Thank you so much!

I used this pattern before it disappeared for my son's graduation quilt. It was browns, greens and purples (every other stripe was purple). He's a UW Husky now (and I didn't even know that when I started the quilt). It was super easy though I needed a big space to lay it all out or I got very confused. Thanks for a great pattern!

I'm so glad you have this back up again. I made a quilt for my nephew using your pattern and went to make another one and couldn't find the pattern anywhere :( I had to borrow my nephews quilt to figure out measurements and such. I'm going to bookmark this one and hope it stays there forever!! Your instructions are so easy to use and it is a breeze to whip up one of these quilts. Thanks so much for sharing it with us....again :)